The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-20

q gentleman from Tyler county who over
heard the remark; "thereTt be 5000 here
from Tyler county," 4.
The members OF Company II, OF the
Fifteenth West Virginia Infantry, will
meet this evening at Z 80 at the old Uourl
House, TO make arrangements for the Re.
union. All the old comradea Of that com.
mand who can are urged to BIO present.
The Committee on Public Comfort has
secured sixty-iys barrels, which will be
placed at convenient intervals about town
and on the Reunion camp grounds, aud
kept full Of fresh ice.water. Four hun.
dred tincupa have been purchased and
four hundred yards Of chain ordered to
chain the cups to the barrels.
Tho banks have had the statement pub.
liahed that they will be closed. on Thurs.
day, Trades Display day. Very little bust
ness will be done on that day by the
Wholesale houaea and the suggestion
ID made that the railroad Offices might
very properly close their freight depart.
ments, for there will not be much work
for them in TINT line on that day.
II Is suggested that that hard working
class OF men, the letter carriers, would
probably like to enjoy a portion Of the
demonstrations OF next week and that IS
nearly all business will be suspended on
Thuraday, 1t would be q very proper
thing for Postmaster Simpson to issue an
order to the effect that Sunday hours
be obaervedon that day. There Ia proba-
bly, no one who would object to such IN
arrangement.
A gentleman sends in the suggestion
that superintendent Riddle, Of the Water
works, should give the Paxton fountain
in the Public Square an o%verhauling be-
fore the Reunion. Several of the spray
pipes have become clogeed with mud
and the water Is not discharged 40 grace.
fully in consequence as 1t ought to be II
oil the openings were cleaned out. The
fountain, like everything else, should Rp.
pear ut It's best during tho eventtul week.
Lincoln Camp No. 2, Sons Of Veterans,
OF Wellsburg, will accompany Pierpoint
Post No. Q, to Wheeling to the Big Re.
onion. The Post will be down next week
in grsna dieplay aud full force with the
Wellsburg Cornet Band. This Post prides
itself on being second to none in this de.
partmefft. 1t is composed OF Veterans OF
every branch Of the service, mailing from
Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
The boys do not split hairs on the color
line either. ANY nan that wore the blue
and has an honorable discharge who
knocks at the door for admission gets
there.
There is TO be a grand reunion Of the
surviving members Of the Thirteenth,
Thirtieth,~ Fifty-Fi1st, Fifty.Second, Eish.
t;eth and Ninety. Eigeth o. v. l., at
Uhrichsville, O., on Tuesday, "Wednesday,
Thursdey and Friday, September 6, Z, s
and 8, 1887, in the beautiful grove OF Capt.
E. 4. Parrish, one-fourth Of a mile north
Of the Union Depot, at the crossing OF the
P, @. st. i. and G., L. & w. Railways.
a pontoon bridge will be built across Still.
water Creek, on the O., 1. & w. Railway,
to accommodate passengers coming oyer
the line (all trains stoppiag) saving walk.
ing and the expense Of hack hire. Fifty
teots have been engaged for the entertain.
ment OF the old veterans, and four pieces
of artillery will be on hand to enliyen the
occasion. Generals ". s. Rossncrsnz, W.
I. Sherman, P. II. Sheridan, A. J. Warner,
Colonel J. d. Taylor, Ex.Preaident R. B.
Hayes, Private Dalzsll and many others
have been invited to be preEent, and many
| will be there.
Following is q list Of the surviving mem.
bers OF the First West Virginia Cavalry
who reside in this immediate vicinity, 80
far as known: Major VIM. Oarman, Will
lam McAdams, Frederick Bye, Louis
Fri!ze, Patrick Farley, John Och, G. G..
W%inzenried, Robert Liebert, Robert Jun.
kins, Johh Johnson, William Riddle, An.
ton Eye, William Burdett, Kease Bur-
dett, Oscar Burdatte, John saubcr, Samuel
McVay, Frank Robinson, James Fleming,
Townsend Adams, kease Furbay, Will
IAN Brown, Jacob Gruber, Milt Lewis, ].
NJ. Duneiun, James Defenbeugh, John
Steward, Caleb sylvia, J.. Deporter, James
Rice, Samuel Atkinson, George Hermann,
David seibers, Peter W. Guiding, George
Marshall, Andy Kites, Thomas Gray,
Henry Juergsns, Lieut.. John Mcdonald,
W.. A. Mccoy, Robert Richardson, Andy
Sedan, O. W. Kennedy and John Doyle.
The boys hope to see q full attendance at
the Reunion Of their comrades abroad.